The sight of huge pine cones on the table at a recent longleaf pine exhibit at Norfolk Botanical Garden was all it took to make me perk up and take notice. Up to 10 inches long, longleaf pine cones ...

In much of the country, much of the landscape goes barren from fall through spring. Evergreens are typically the workhorse plants that carry us through. But not all evergreens are created equal. A ...

The sugar pine – the tallest pine tree in North America, which grows needles in bundles of five and produces large, long pine cones – is native to Tahoe. Blister rust – a fungus that turns pine ...

Mount San Jacinto State Park in neighboring Riverside County has plenty of hiking trails to satisfy those looking for a full-day adventure within a mountain setting. The hike to San Jacinto Summit (10 ...

Well, good luck with that! I'd recommend clippers if you really need one of these pine cones. Strong, stout clippers. Table mountain pine, Pinus pungens, seed cones, shown here from a mountain top in ...

When Jon Shaw started to focus on selling his produce to restaurants, he realized that many establishments wanted to buy from local farms but simply couldn’t get the vegetables they needed from them ...

On a cold winter’s day, with the sun dipping in and out of the clouds, we walked the neighborhood to admire what many people call pines, trees that are green year-round. Actually, those evergreens ...